We were all women with careers, and commitments, and friends who we saw when we had time – and yet we knew that now we would all have to slow down. The only thing any of us could think about was how on earth our babies were going to get here, and what in God’s name we were going to do with them when they did. I was heavily pregnant and in an antenatal class with four women as watermelon-like as me. Going for a walk for no reason, Talking to someone you don’t know. It begins when you create space on either side of that writing time to let your imagination take flight. In my view, that’s an essential part of what makes a good story.Ĭreating a fictional world doesn’t start when you open your laptop.
But what’s talked about less often is the importance in writing (and life) of Not Doing Anything. I write relatively speedily, and so I count myself in here. Everything has to be done quickly, as quickly as possible. When people talk about writing a novel, often the chat is about word counts, laptops, submitting to agents and publishers or uploading content. Not just on the sofa with cake… but in terms of the creative process itself. As the nights draw in, I’ve been thinking (a lot) about taking it easy.
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